Right after receiving the news about her Golden Globes nomination, Saoirse talked to Playbill about staying grounded in Hollywood and how making her Broadway debut in this spring’s The Crucible is a “full circle” experience for her and her family.
Saoirse Ronan is no stranger to the Hollywood limelight. The star was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award at just 14 years old for her performance in “Atonement” alongside Keira Knightley. Seven years later, she has been nominated for another Golden Globe, this time for her starring role in the film “Brooklyn.”
Ronan, who chats on the phone from a nail salon in Dublin where she received the call from the Golden Globes, says being nominated again feels noticeably different the second time around.
“I’m older and I’ve worked for a lot longer so I can appreciate what it really means and what it represents,” says the actress. “That was something that my mam — a wise one, my mother — always said to me, that to go through something like that quite early on is amazing, but it doesn’t mean quite the same.”
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